Research Guides

Research Guides in COSELL Websites (updated Spring, 2007)

The categorized list includes only those that are set out as guides or pathfinders. Some libraries have chosen to present a set of links; those may be found in the geographical section at the end of this page. Many libraries have multiple guides that have been grouped under a single designation in this chart; i.e. Federal - Legislative. Links are to the page of guides, not the individual guide. The chart is in the following categories:
       Federal
        State
        General Legal Research (abbreviations, digests, journals, etc.)
        Topical Research:
                Foreign / International / Immigration
                Tax / Financial Matters / Sales
                Labor / Employment
                Intellectual Property / Property
                Torts / Health
                Business Entities
                Environment / Preservation
                "Non"-Law
                Everything Else

        Alphabetical List of User Guides

        Geographical listing of all law libraries

Several libraries link to Zimmerman's Research Guide from Lexis.
Also of note is the University of Virginia's Legal Research in a Nutshell Links

Alphabetical Listing of All Guides

Abbreviations (General)

TU, UG

Accounting

ADA

Administrative Agencies (Federal)

GE, NO

Administrative Law

AM, FS, GE, WM

Admiralty

FC, LO, UM

ADR

AS, GW, VU, WF

Alabama (States)

CU, JO

All States (States)

ALR (General)

DC, GE, UF

Animal Law

GE, UT, WF

Antitrust

GE, WF, WM

Appellate Briefs (General)

GE, UF, UN, VU

Arbitration

FC, GE, VU

Art Law

Asian Law

Australia/New Zealand

Avian Flu

Banking Law

Bankruptcy

GE, GS, VU, WF, WM

Bar Exams (General)

FC, NO, UF, UM, VU

Bioethics

Bluebook

Canada

DU, GE, VU

Case Law (General)

AM, DC, FS, GE, GM

Children’s Rights

JO, UN

Chinese Law

Civil Procedure

Civil Rights

Communications Law

Computer Law

Constitutional Law

GE, WF

Constitutions

Construction Law

Consumer Law

GE, VU, WF

Corporate Entities

GE, FC, VU, WM

Court of International Trade

Court Rules (General)

DU, GE, VU

Courts (Federal)

DU, FS, GE, LA, LO, UR

Criminal Law

GE, LA, WF

Dictionary (General)

GM, UM

Digests (General)

CU, DC, FC, GE, GS, UF, UG, UT

Digital Licensing

Directories / Biog. (General)

AL, DU, UN, VU

District of Columbia (States)

AM, CA, DC, GE, GW

Economics

Ecotourism

Education Law

Elder Law

UG, JO, WF

Election Law

Electronic Research

Empirical Justice

Employment Discrimination

Encyclopedias (General)

GE, UF

Entertainment Law

Environmental Law

DU, FC, GE, GS, GW, VU, WF, WM

Estate Planning

GS, VU

Ethics

DU, FC, GE, ME, NO, UF, UK, UM, VU, WF, WM

Ethnic Studies

European Union

DU, GE, LA, NO, VU

Exams

Family & Medical Leave Act

Family Law

AS, GS, UT, VU, WF

First Year (General)

CU, DC, UG, UR

Florida (States)

FS, UF, UM

FOIA

Food & Drug

Foreign/Comparative

CA, DU, GE, JO, LA, ME, UF, UR, UT

Forensic Science

Forms (General)

CU, DU, FC, FS, GE, GM, GS, LA, LO, UG, UN

French Law

GE, LA

Gambling

GATT, NAFTA, Etc.

DU, GE, VU

Gender Studies

Georgia Practice Mtls (States)

German Law

Government Contracts

GW, LA

Government Documents (Federal)

AS, GM, LA, UF

Gray Literature

Growth Management

Health Care

GE, GS, VU, WF

HeinOnline (General)

Historic Preservation

HIV/AIDS

DC, VU

Human Rights

CA, FS, GE, GW, LA, LO, UG, VU, WF

Hurricane

IFLP

IGOs & NGOs

ILP Online (General)

Immigration

GE, VU, WF

Index Master (General)

Insurance

Intellectual Property

DC, DU, FC, GE, GM, GS, GW, LA, VU, WF, WM

International Law

AM, DU, GE, GW, LA, LO, ME, UN, UR, UT, VU, WF, WM

Jessup Moot Court

Jewish Law

UM, NO

Job Finding (General)

AS, GE, UF, UM

Journals (General)

AL, AS, DC, FC, GE, MS, UF, UN

Jury Instructions (General)

CU, FS, GE, VU

Labor Law

GE, LA, RU, VU, WM

Law & Economics

Law & Literature

Law Schools (General)

Legal Citations (General)

FC, GM, GS, GW, JO, LO, NO, UG

Legal History

GE, GM, WM

Legal Humor

Legal Research Starters (General)

AM, DC, DU, GE, MS, NO, TU, UF, UM, UR, UT, VU

LegalTrac (General)

Legislative(federal)

CU, DU, FS, GE, GM, GW, UF, LA, UM, UN, UR, VU, WV

Lexis/Westlaw Comparison

Lexis Nexis Congressional / CIS (Federal)

GW, UF, WV

Limited Liability Companies

Local Government

GE, WM

Looseleafs (General)

AL, FC, GE, JO

Louisiana (States)

LA, LO

Maryland (States)

AM, CA

Medical Jurisprudence

GE, JO, VU

Medicine, Alternative

Mental Health

Mexican Law

Mississippi (States)

Moot Court

Music & Entertainment

Natural Resources

Neighbor Law

Nominative Reports

Nonprofits

North Carolina (States)

DU, UN, WF

Papal Election

Pensions

GE, VU

Poverty Law

Presidential Docs (Federal)

GE, GW, MS, UF, VU

Property

Publishing Articles

Refugee Law

Regulatory (Federal)

AL, CU, DU, GE, GW, JO, UF, UM, UN, UR, VU

Restatements

School Law

GE, VU

Secondary Sources

Securities

GE, GW, VU, WM

Self Help

AL, FS, UF, VU

Seminar Paper Research

Sexual Harassment

UM, VU

Shepard’s

FC, UF

Small Business

Social Change

Social Science

Social Security

Spanish Law

Sports Law

FC, GE, LA, NO, VU, WM

Standards of Review

State Codes (States)

Statistics

GE, UF, VU

Statutory (Federal)

AM, CU, FS, GE, GM, GW, JO, LA, LO, UF, UM, UR, VU

Style & Citation

AS, DC, GE

Supreme Court Nominations

Surveys of Laws

Tax, Federal

AM, DU, GE, GM, GW, JO, UM, UN, UR, VU, WM

Tax, Other

GE, VU

Telecommunications

CA, GE, WM

Tennessee (States)

UT, VU

Terrorism

CA, GE, NO, WF

Torts

Treaties

CA, DU, GE, GW, LA, LO, UF, UG, UR, VU, WM

Treatises

DC, GE

Trial Practice

UCC

DU, VU, WF

Uniform Laws

United Kingdom

DU, LO, VU

United Nations

DU, GE, GW, NO

Use of Force

Verdicts

GE, UG, VU

Virginia (States)

AM, CA, GM, UR

War Crimes

West Virginia (States)

White Collar Crime

Worker’s Compensation

Writing & Editing

DC, UR, VU

WTO

Law Libraries Web Pages and Guide Pages

This page maintained by the Kathrine R. Everett Law Library, University of North Carolina.
Comments/Questions to Steven Melamut

last modified Tuesday 16-Jun-2009 16:03

AL	U. Ala.	GS	Georgia State	UG	U. Ga.
AM	American U.	GW	Geo. Wash.	UK	U. Ky.
AS	Appalachian	JO	Jones (Faulkner)	UM	Miami
CA	Catholic U.	LA	LSU	UR	U. Richmond
CU	Cumberland	LO	Loyola	UT	U. Tenn
DC	Dist. Of Col.	ME	Mercer	UV	U. Va.
DU	Duke	MS	U. Miss.	VU	Vanderbilt
FC	Fla. Coastal	NO	Nova SE	WF	Wake Forrest
FS	Florida State	RU	Regent	WM	Wm & Mary
GE	Geotwn	TU	Tulane	WV	West Va.
GM	Geo. Mason	UF	U. Fla.

State	School	Library Website	Research Guides
Alabama	University of Alabama	http://www.library.law.ua.edu/	http://www.library.law.ua.edu/guides.htm
	Birmingham School of Law
	Faulkner U. Jones School of Law	http://www.faulkner.edu/jsl/library.asp	http://www.faulkner.edu/jsl/library/publications.asp
	Samford U., Cumberland School of Law	http://lawlib.samford.edu/	http://lawlib.samford.edu/research.html
Disrtict of Columbia	American U.	http://library.wcl.american.edu/	http://library.wcl.american.edu/topicalresearchguides.php
	Catholic U.	http://law.cua.edu/library/	http://lib.law.cua.edu/home/resguides/resguide.htm
	U. of DC	http://www.law.udc.edu/library/index.html	http://www.law.udc.edu/library/reference.html
	Geo. Washington	http://www.law.gwu.edu/Burns/	http://www.law.gwu.edu/Burns/Research/Library+Publications.htm http://www.law.gwu.edu/Burns/Research/Selected+Topics.htm
	Georgetown	http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/	http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/research/index.cfm
	Howard	http://www.law.howard.edu/howardcomm_lawlib
Florida	UF	http://www.law.ufl.edu/lic/	http://www.law.ufl.edu/lic/guides/
	Fla. Coastal	http://www.fcsl.edu/library/index.asp	http://www.fcsl.edu/library/resources/startingpoints/frameset.html
	FAMU	http://www.famu.edu/law/law_library.php
	FIU	http://law.fiu.edu/library_it/gen_info/index.htm
	FSU	http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/	(links only)
	U. Miami	http://library.law.miami.edu/	http://library.law.miami.edu/guides.html
	Nova SE	http://www.nsulaw.nova.edu/library/	http://www.nsulaw.nova.edu/library/publications.cfm#research
	Barry	http://www.barry.edu/law/lawLibrary/Default.htm
	Stetson	http://www.law.stetson.edu/lawlib/
	St. Thomas	http://www.stu.edu/-section-358.html
Georgia	Emory	http://www.law.emory.edu/library/	http://www.law.emory.edu/cms/site/index.php?id=2526
	UGA	http://www.lawsch.uga.edu/library/index.html	http://www.law.uga.edu/library/research/index.html#Research_Guides
	Georgia State	http://law.gsu.edu/library/	http://law.gsu.edu/library/research/
	Mercer	http://www.law.mercer.edu/library/index.cfm	http://www.law.mercer.edu/library/Research/LegalResGuide.cfm
	John Marshall	http://www.johnmarshall.edu/library/index.php
Kentucky	U. KY	http://www.uky.edu/Law/Library/	http://www.uky.edu/Law/Library/guides_and_pathfinders.html
	U. Louisville	http://www.louisville.edu/library/law/
	Northern Ky U.	http://chaselaw.nku.edu/library/	(links to external sources)
Louisiana	LSU	http://www.law.lsu.edu/index.cfm?geaux=library.welcome	http://www.law.lsu.edu/index.cfm?geaux=library.subjectguidesstudymaterials
	Loyola	http://law.loyno.edu/library/	http://law.loyno.edu/library/pathfinders.html
	Southern U.	http://www.sulc.edu/law.php
	Tulane	http://www.law.tulane.edu/tuexp/index.cfm?d=library&main=library.htm	http://www.law.tulane.edu/tuexp/index.cfm?d=library&main=researchTK.htm
Mississippi	U. Miss	http://library.law.olemiss.edu/	http://library.law.olemiss.edu/library/guides/guides.shtml
	Miss. Col.	http://law.mc.edu/library/index.html
North Carolina	Campbell	http://www.law.campbell.edu/infores/
	Duke	http://www.law.duke.edu/lib/	http://www.law.duke.edu/lib/research_guide.html
	UNC	http://library.law.unc.edu/	http://library.law.unc.edu/research/research_guides/index.html
	NC Central	http://www.nccu.edu/law/library/index.html
	Wake Forest	http://www.law.wfu.edu/x41.xml	http://pcl.wfu.edu/PCL-Resources/alrpathfinders.html
	Elon
Puerto Rico	Inter American U.	http://www.derecho.inter.edu
	Pontifical Catholic	http://www.pucpr.edu/derecho/biblioteca/main.htm
	U. of P.R.	http://www.law.upr.edu/biblioteca/index.htm
South Carolina	U. SC	http://www.law.sc.edu/library/
	Charleston	http://207.67.203.70/C92004Staff/OPAC/index.asp
Tennessee	U. Memphis	http://www.law.memphis.edu/library/
	Nashville Sch. of Law
	U. Tenn.	http://www.law.utk.edu/library/index.htm	http://www.law.utk.edu/library/refguide.htm
	Vanderbilt	http://law.vanderbilt.edu/library/	http://law.vanderbilt.edu/library/research/index.html
Virginia	Appalachian	http://www.asl.edu/library/index.php	http://www.asl.edu/library/publications.php
	Geo. Mason	http://www.law.gmu.edu/libtech/index.php	http://www.law.gmu.edu/libtech/guides.html
	Liberty	http://www.liberty.edu/academics/law/index.cfm?PID=8390
	Regent	http://www.regent.edu/acad/schlaw/library/home.cfm	http://www.regent.edu/acad/schlaw/library/students/researchguides.cfm
	U. Richmond	http://law.richmond.edu/librarytech	http://law.richmond.edu/librarytech/guides.php
	U VA	http://www.law.virginia.edu/home2002/html/librarysite/library.htm	(annotated Links) Legal Research in a Nutshell Links
	Washington & Lee	http://law.wlu.edu/Library/
	William & Mary	http://www.wm.edu/law/lawlibrary/	http://www.wm.edu/law/lawlibrary/research/researchguides/index.shtml
West Virginia	WV U.	http://www.wvu.edu/~law/library/index.htm	http://www.wvu.edu/%7Elaw/library/Guides_LR.htm

Federal	Regulatory	AL, CU, DU, GE, GW, JO, UF, UM, UN, UR, VU
	Statutory	AM, CU, FS, GE, GM, GW, JO, LA, LO, UF, UM, UR, VU
	Courts	DU, FS, GE, LA, LO, UR
	Administrative Agencies	GE, NO
	Government Docs.	AS, GM, LA, UF
	Presidential Docs	GE, GW, MS, UF, VU
	Legislative	CU, DU, GE, GW, UF, UM, UN, UR, VU, WV
	Lexis Nexis Congressional / CIS	GW, UF, WV
	Supreme Court Nominations	GE

State	All States	GE
	Constitutions	CA
	State Codes	DC
	Alabama	CU, JO
	District of Columbia	AM, CA, DC, GW
	Florida	FS, UF, UM
	Georgia (practice materials)	GS
	Louisiana	LA, LO
	Maryland	AM, CA
	Mississippi	MS
	North Carolina	DU, UN, WF
	Tennessee	UT, VU
	Virginia	AM, CA, GM, UR
	West Virginia	WV

General	Abbreviations	TU, UG
	ALR	DC, GE, UF
	Appellate Briefs	GE, UF, UN, VU
	Bar Exams	FC, NO, UF, UM, VU
	Case Law	AM, DC, FS, GE, GM
	Court Rules	DU, GE, VU
	Dictionary	GM, UM
	Digests	CU, DC, FC, GE, GS, UF, UG, UT
	Directories / Biography	AL, DU, UN, VU
	Encyclopedias	GE, UF
	Exams	GM
	First Year	CU, DC, UG, UR
	Forms	CU, DU, FC, FS, GE, GM, GS, LA, LO, UG, UN
	HeinOnline	WV
	ILP Online	WV
	Index Master	WV
	Job Finding	AS, GE, UF, UM
	Journals (and indices)	AL, AS, DC, FC, GE, MS, UF, UN
	Jury Instructions	CU, FS, GE, VU
	Law Schools	VU
	Legal Citations	FC, GM, GS, GW, JO, LO, NO, UG
	Legal Research Starters	AM, DC, DU, GE, MS, NO, TU, UF, UM, UR, UT, VU
	LegalTrac	WV
	Lexis/Westlaw Comparison	GE
	Looseleafs	AL, FC, GE, JO
	Nominative Reports	CU
	Publishing Articles	GE
	Restatements	UF
	Secondary Sources	GE
	Seminar Paper Research	GE
	Shepard's	FC, UF
	Style & Citation	AS, DC, GE
	Surveys of Laws	VU
	Treatises	DC, GE
	Uniform Laws	VU
	Verdicts	GE, UG, VU
	Writing and Editing	DC, UR, VU

Foreign/International	Asian Law	GE
	Australia / New Zealand	VU
	Canada	DU, GE, VU
	China	FS
	Court of International Trade	GE
	European Union	DU, GE, LA, NO, VU
	Foreign/Comparative	CA, DU, GE, JO, LA, ME, UF, UR, UT
	French Law	GE
	GATT, NAFTA, etc.	DU, GE, VU
	German Law	GE
	Human Rights	CA, FS, GE, GW, LA, UG, LO, VU, WF
	IGOs & NGOs	GE
	Immigration	GE, VU, WF
	Index to Froeign Legal Periodicals	FS
	International Law	AM, DU, GE, GW, LA, LO, ME, UN, UR, UT, VU, WF, WM
	Jessup Moot Court	GE
	Jewish Law	UM, NO
	Mexican Law	GE
	Refugee Law	FS
	Spanish Law	NO
	Terrorism	CA, GE, NO, WF
	Treaties	CA, DU, GE, GW, LA, LO, UF, UG, UR, VU, WM
	United Kingdom	DU, LO, VU
	United Nations	DU, GE, GW, NO
	War Crimes	GE
	WTO	GE
Tax/Financial Matters/Sales	Accounting	GE
	Banking Law	UN
	Bankruptcy	GE, GS, VU, WF, WM
	Elder Law	JO, UG, WF
	Estate Planning	GS, VU
	Poverty Law	GE
	Social Security	WF
	Tax, Federal	AM, DU, GE, GM, GW, JO, UM, UN, UR, VU, WM
	Tax, other	GE, VU
	UCC	DU, VU, WF
Labor/Employment	Employment Discrimination	UM
	FMLA	VU
	Labor Law	GE, LA, RU, VU, WM
	Pensions	GE, VU
	Sexual Harassment	UM, VU
	Worker's Compensation	WF
Intellectual Property/Property	Art Law	UM
	Computer Law	VU
	Digital Licensing	NO
	Intellectual Property	DC, DU, FC, GE, GM, GS, GW, LA, VU, WF, WM
	Music & Entertainment	VU
	Property	WF
Torts/Health	Animal Law	GE, UT, WF
	Avian Flu	GE
	Bioethics	GE
	Consumer Law	VU
	Food & Drug	WM
	Health Care	GE, GS, VU, WF
	HIV/AIDS	DC, VU
	Insurance	AS
	Medical Malpractice	JO
	Medical Jurisprudence	GE, VU
	Medicine, Alternative	GE
	Mental Health	VU
	Neighbor Law	LA
	Torts	WF
Business Entities	Antitrust	GE, WF, WM
	Corporate Entities	GE, FC, VU, WM
	Limited Liability Cos.	VU
	Nonprofits	VU
	Securities	GE, GW, VU, WM
	Small Business	GE
Environment/Preservation	Environmental Law	DU, FC, GE, GS, GW, LA, VU, WF, WM
	Growth Management	GS
	Historic Preservation	GE
	Natural Resources	AS
"Non"-Law	Economics	GE
	Ethnic Studies	GE
	Gender Studies	GE, LA
	Gray Literature	FS
	Law & Literature	VU
	Legal Humor	VU
	Papal Election	GE
	Social Change	GE
	Social Science	GE
	Statistics	GE, UF, VU
Everything Else	ADA	VU
	Administrative Law	AM, FS, GE, WM
	Admiralty	FC, LO, UM
	ADR	AS, GW, VU, WF
	Arbitration	FC, GE, VU
	Children's Rights	JO, UN
	Civil Procedure	FS
	Civil Rights	WF
	Constitutional Law	GE, WF
	Constitutions	CA
	Construction Law	WF
	Criminal Law	GE, LA, WF
	Ecotourism	NO
	Education Law	WF
	Election Law	WF
	Electronic Research	GE
	Empirical Justice	GE
	Entertainment Law	GE
	Ethics	DU, FC, GE, ME, NO, UF, UK, UM, VU, WF, WM
	Family Law	AS, GS, UT, VU, WF
	FOIA	GE
	Forensic Science	NO
	Gambling	WF
	Government Contracts	GW
	Insurance	GE
	Law & Economics	WM
	Legal History	GE, GM, WM
	Local Gov't	GE, WM
	School Law	GE, VU
	Self Help	AL, FS, UF, VU
	Sports Law	FC, GE, LA, NO, VU, WM
	Standards of Review	UM
	Telecommunications	CA, GE, WM
	Trial Practice	GE
	Use of Force	GE
	White Collar Crime	WM